Worry Leaks
Worry is a useless emotion. Since your mind doesn’t have enough worry, you invent more; and, most likely, it’s 100 percent worse than reality could ever be. If you have unhealthy emotions of imagined fears or worry, then the body responds with a tense feeling of nervousness, stress-related illness, fatigue, lack of energy and loss of creativity. Ever heard the saying, “The fearful die a thousand deaths, the brave only one?” When you live in fear of what might happen, you are so physically exhausted that you are unable to be creative and cope with normal challenges or emergencies. Make a vow to yourself today to only cross a bridge as you come to it.You must take back your power in life by staying in the present and dealing with its realities. You are not a victim of circumstance; you create your life and internal environment. Your subconscious mind will produce whatever you need. Like a computer, your subconscious mind doesn’t care what information has been inputted. It will act on that information, whether it is positive or negative.
As a business owner, think about how often you start to worry about future concerns, taxes, employee and vendor problems, competition and another hundred things in your mind. Please give yourself a wake-up call, and realize that the process of worrying is fruitless. Please develop the awareness that worry is a waste of energy and TIME. When you stop the worry, then you are free to enjoy and do and be whatever is necessary, right now. You can stop worrying if you learn to pay attention to what is bugging you, and then take some precautionary actions to create a solution that will allow you to live your life. One of my favorite sayings is: Worry is like a rocking chair. You have something to do, but it takes you nowhere.
Food for Thought
Please share my columns with your family members and staff members at your school. It saves a great deal of time when people are on the same page about an important subject. Sharing these columns will educate your family, staff and colleagues, who might not understand the pressure you experience as a business owner. Maybe they will actually start to honor your time as being more valuable-as they should! It’s our job to teach the other people in our lives how to treat us, so they need to understand time integrity for business owners. Whoever is not honoring your time might be a good candidate for this type of information.
You may have seen the following homework assignments in my previous columns. They’re worth repeating if you haven’t work through them to help you become a better entrepreneur.
1. Schedule your IDEA DAY each month to develop big ideas and continue your continuing education. Seed your mind and I promise you it will pay huge dividends for your business.
2. Schedule a REST DAY for rejuvenation, healing and quiet time. Use the day to listen to your intuition and give your brain a break from the relentless thinking you do as a business owner.
3. Remember that life is a journey, not a destination! Stop being such a difficult taskmaster to yourself, and give yourself permission to have fun, laugh and let the kid inside of you play!
Start to be aware of TIME LEAKS: self-defeating thoughts, feelings and behaviors that drain your time and energy by creating anxiety and unnecessary worry. Replace these Time Leaks with understanding that now is all you have. Be grateful.
